{"id":49128,"date":"2016-09-18T21:24:51","date_gmt":"2016-09-18T21:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=49128"},"modified":"2016-09-18T21:24:51","modified_gmt":"2016-09-18T21:24:51","slug":"virginias-indian-tribes-clear-another-hurdle-toward-federal-recognition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=49128","title":{"rendered":"Virginia\u2019s Indian tribes clear another hurdle toward federal recognition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/virginia-politics\/virginias-indian-tribes-clear-another-hurdle-toward-federal-recognition\/2016\/09\/15\/4d14b1d6-7a95-11e6-beac-57a4a412e93a_story.html\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>Virginia\u2019s Indian tribes clear another hurdle toward federal recognition<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\" target=\"_blank\">The Washington Post<\/a><br \/>\n2016-09-15<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jennaportnoy\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Jenna Portnoy<\/strong><\/a>, Reporter<\/p>\n<p>A House committee has advanced a bill that would give federal recognition to six Indian tribes in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Virginia\" target=\"_blank\">Virginia<\/a>, bringing them one step closer to the end of a multi-year fight for acknowledgment of their place in the nation\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<p>Legislation granting federal recognition of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chickahominy_people\" target=\"_blank\">Chickahominy<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cied.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Eastern Chickahominy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mattaponi\" target=\"_blank\">Upper Mattaponi<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rappahannock_people\" target=\"_blank\">Rappahannock<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monacan_people\" target=\"_blank\">Monacan<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nansemond\" target=\"_blank\">Nansemond<\/a> tribes can now go to a full vote in the House and Senate, where it has stalled in the past.<\/p>\n<p>The House Natural Resources Committee voted 23 to 13 last week to recognize the Virginia tribes as part of a package of bills that, if successful, will give Congress the ultimate authority to recognize tribes. The executive and judicial branches currently hold that authority&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>There are more than 500 federally recognized Indian tribes, and many had to navigate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/how-a-long-dead-white-supremacist-still-threatens-the-future-of-virginias-indian-tribes\/2015\/06\/30\/81be95f8-0fa4-11e5-adec-e82f8395c032_story.html\" target=\"_blank\">an expensive and time-consuming administrative process<\/a> through the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bureau_of_Indian_Affairs\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Federal recognition confers certain benefits on tribes; they become eligible for housing, education and health-care funding. Indian tribes need to meet several criteria and must rely on historical documentation&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Read the entire article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/virginia-politics\/virginias-indian-tribes-clear-another-hurdle-toward-federal-recognition\/2016\/09\/15\/4d14b1d6-7a95-11e6-beac-57a4a412e93a_story.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virginia\u2019s Indian tribes clear another hurdle toward federal recognition The Washington Post 2016-09-15 Jenna Portnoy, Reporter A House committee has advanced a bill that would give federal recognition to six Indian tribes in Virginia, bringing them one step closer to the end of a multi-year fight for acknowledgment of their place in the nation\u2019s history. 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